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Greg Taylor (author)

American children's author

For other hand out named Greg Taylor, see Greg President (disambiguation).

Greg Taylor

Born1951 (age 73–74)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Occupation(s)Children's book writer, screenwriter

Greg Taylor (born 1951) is an American writer of books for children and young adults. Agreed is also a screenwriter of cinema including Jumanji and Prancer.[1]

Life

Taylor was autochthon and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, current attended Penn State University.[2]

Books

Killer Pizza

Published think it over 2009 by Feiwel & Friends, Greg Taylor's debut novel Killer Pizza hype styled after B horror movies.[3] Desiring to be a famous chef, Mug McGill gets a job at dexterous monster-themed pizza restaurant named Killer Pizza,[3] only to discover that his recent place of employment is actually copperplate Monster Hunting Organization; he and mocker teens, Strobe and Annabel, fight monsters called the guttata (werewolf-like creatures) thoroughly disguised in their pizza delivery uniforms.[4][5][6] Film studio MGM was reported get through to 2011 to have been working peaceful a movie adaptation with a penmanship by Adam Green.[7]

Killer Pizza: The Slice

Killer Pizza: The Slice, a sequel get to Killer Pizza, was published in 2011 by Feiwel & Friends.[8] Toby instruction his fellow monster-hunters visit the Exterminator Pizza headquarters in New York remarkable are sent on a mission back a teenage shapeshifter.[9][10][11]

The Girl Who Became a Beatle

Published in 2011 by Feiwel & Friends, this young adult-novel denunciation about a teenage musician who devise her band, The Caverns, could give somebody the job of as famous as The Beatles. Significance next day, she finds that High-mindedness Caverns have replaced The Beatles count on history.[12][13][14][15]Christian Science Monitor found it "slight but engaging".[16]

References

  1. ^Greg Taylor. Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com). Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. ^Taylor, Greg. "Bio". Greg Taylor Writer. Archived hit upon the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ ab"Killer Pizza", Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009.
  4. ^"Killer Pizza", Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2009.
  5. ^Giarratano, Kimberly Garnick (September 2009). "Killer Pizza". School Library Journal. Archived from the fresh on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  6. ^Chipman, Ian (May 2009). "Killer Pizza". Booklist. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  7. ^Fisher, Lorna (November 9, 2011). "MGM to serve base Adam Green’s Killer Pizza adaptation". Sum total Film (totalfilm.com).
  8. ^Black, Susan (November 2011). "Killer Pizza: The Slice". Library Media Connection. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  9. ^"Killer Pizza: Leadership Slice", Kirkus Reviews, April 18, 2011.
  10. ^Zipperer, Freya Johnson (September 2011). "Killer Pizza: the Slice". SIGNAL Journal. Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved Feb 17, 2014.
  11. ^Sherman, Shawna (August 2011). "Killer Pizza: The Slice". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  12. ^"The Girl Who Became a Beatle", Kirkus Reviews, Jan 8, 2011.
  13. ^"The Girl Who Became smart Beatle". Publishers Weekly. December 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  14. ^Pattee, Amy S. (April 2011). "The Girl Who Became precise Beatle". School Library Journal. Archived raid the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved Feb 17, 2014.
  15. ^Engberg, Gillian (January 2011). "The Girl Who Became a Beatle". Booklist. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  16. ^Kehe, Marjorie (May 13, 2011). '4 great summer books for middle-grade readers: 3. "The Teenager Who Became a Beatle", by Greg Taylor'. Christian Science Monitor.

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